Statistics and the scientific method

[jhetley]

Saw an estimate of 14.5" of snow for our location.  I think that level of precision in the results exceeds the accuracy of the measurement...

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

I think the actual prediction algorithms predict whole centimeters of snowfall. So half an inch is about right for the predictive accuracy, given 2.54 cm per inch.